After conquering the Empress, I proved my Dao with the Heaven and Earth Spirit Furnace!

"Oh, really?" Qin Chuan said with a smile.

It seemed that Du Yifei's words had also stirred his interest.

Seeing this, Du Yifei was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly, saying, "Of course!"

"But if I kill you, won't this golden battle sword still be mine?"

Upon hearing this, Du Yifei stiffened, and his expression gradually turned somewhat gloomy.

Sensing the killing intent in Qin Chuan's eyes, Du Yifei immediately revealed his true colors, loudly threatening, "Qin Chuan! I am a direct descendant of the Du family in Fire Flame City, and my father is an elder of the Du family. If you dare to kill me, my father will never let you go and will surely grind you to dust!"

Qin Chuan didn't take Du Yifei's threat seriously at all. If he were really afraid, he wouldn't have needed to take action.

"Have you finished your nonsense? If you have, hurry up and go keep your lackey company. He must be getting lonely waiting for you!"

Without giving Du Yifei a chance to speak, Qin Chuan struck him on the top of the head with a palm, ending his life in one move.

Du Yifei's eyes widened, his pupils becoming dull and lifeless. He couldn't believe that Qin Chuan would actually dare to kill him!

"Young Master Qin... Young Master Qin!"

Seeing the tragic deaths of Zhang Da and Du Yifei, Li Ge immediately knelt down.

He never expected that the two people who were just lively and energetic a moment ago would die at the hands of Qin Chuan in the blink of an eye.

Li Ge had tried to run away, but his legs felt like they were made of lead and he couldn't move at all.

Knowing there was no hope of escape, he scrambled to Qin Chuan's feet and pleaded, "Qin...Qin Chuan! I know I was wrong. I was blind to your greatness. Please spare my life!"

I can do anything for you, and I won't say a word about anything that happened today!

As he spoke, tears streamed down his face, and he looked utterly pathetic and pitiful.

Before Qin Chuan could answer, Jiang Zhixuan, who was not far away, walked over and said with pity, "Qin Chuan, I think he's quite pitiful. Why don't you let him go?"

"Yes, yes, yes! I'm pitiful!"

Upon hearing Jiang Zhixuan's words, Li Ge's eyes flashed, and his expression became even more humble. He kept kowtowing to Qin Chuan and Jiang Zhixuan.

Qin Chuan looked at Jiang Zhixuan with icy eyes, "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

After saying that, he raised his right palm and slapped Li Ge on the head, sending him to see his good older brother, Du Yifei.

"Sigh..." Jiang Zhixuan sighed softly as she looked at Li Ge, whose face was still covered with tears and snot but who had stopped breathing.

She knew she had no right to advise Qin Chuan, but seeing Li Ge, who was no longer a threat but kept begging for mercy, she still felt a little sorry for him.

After dealing with Li Ge, Qin Chuan collected all the storage rings from the three of them.

As a direct descendant of the Du family in Fire Flame City, Du Yifei's storage ring had a significantly larger storage space than those of Zhang Da and Li Ge.

After examining the items in the three people's storage rings, Qin Chuan nodded in satisfaction. "As expected of scions of a great family, their family wealth is indeed substantial!"

Zhang Da's storage ring contained over ten thousand spirit crystals, ten bottles of spirit essence pills, and a high-grade yellow-rank martial art, the Gold-Dividing Saber Technique.

As for Li Ge's storage ring, it was rather pitifully poor, containing only about four thousand spirit crystals, three bottles of Rejuvenation Pills, one bottle of Spirit Essence Pills, and a Yellow-Rank High-Grade Overlord Fist manual.

When Qin Chuan saw the name of the martial art "Overlord Fist," the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.

Li Ge's actions just now were not domineering at all.

Du Yifei, who was wealthy, had a storage ring containing 120,000 spirit crystals, three bottles of Heavenly Origin Pills, several low-grade pills, a low-grade Xuan-rank martial skill, Gale Slash, and a mid-grade Xuan-rank martial skill, Breaking Army Fist.

"Looks like I need to find some time to get rid of all this stuff!" Qin Chuan muttered to himself after taking inventory of the three people's belongings.

He couldn't use any of the magical weapons, the Black Gold Blade and the Battle Gold Blade, or the Breaking Army Fist and the Gale Slash.

Once news of Du Yifei and the others' deaths spreads, if he uses these things, people will easily associate him with the murders.

To eliminate this risk, the safest approach is to sell everything or exchange it for something useful to you.

Immediately afterwards, Qin Chuan transferred all the contribution points from Du Yifei and the other two's identity tokens into his own identity token.

Looking at the extra six thousand contribution points on his identity token, Qin Chuan's lips curled up, and he almost burst out laughing.

Sure enough, nothing comes as fast as this.

He even began to hope that others would do the same, bringing contribution points to his doorstep.

After suppressing his excitement, Qin Chuan gathered the three corpses together, and with a thought, a small flame flickered at his fingertips.

Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Chuan threw the flame onto the corpses of Du Yifei and the other two.

In just a short while, the three of them turned into ashes and scattered into the air.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Zhixuan's mouth opened slightly, and a look of shock flashed across her eyes.

At first, she thought Qin Chuan was using alchemical fire, but judging from the temperature of the flame, ordinary alchemical fire could not possibly achieve this.

Jiang Zhixuan felt that she was becoming increasingly unable to figure out Qin Chuan.

After finishing all this, Qin Chuan cleaned up the signs of the fight to ensure everything was in order before finally letting out a sigh of relief.

After glancing at Jiang Zhixuan, Qin Chuan said calmly, "Let's go!"

Jiang Zhixuan nodded without saying a word.

Immediately, the two headed deeper into the mountains to continue their search for the Three-Leaf Orchid.

Jiang Zhixuan was noticeably quieter throughout the journey and stopped speaking.

After a long pause, Qin Chuan shook his head and smiled, breaking the silence, "Do you think I'm a cold-blooded and ruthless person? Why didn't you let that Li Ge go?"

Jiang Zhixuan wanted to say no, but she nodded anyway.

“I can understand you killing Zhang Da, since he attacked first. I can also understand you killing Du Yifei, since he certainly won’t let you go.”

But that Li Ge is no longer a threat at all. As long as he can promise not to tell anyone, what harm is there in sparing his life?

What good would it do to spare his life?

Qin Chuan shook his head and sneered, "Have you ever thought about what would happen to you if I were the one who lost today?"

"If it really comes to that, and you, Jiang Zhixuan, beg them to let you go, do you think they will?"

Upon hearing Qin Chuan's words, Jiang Zhixuan's face turned somewhat pale.

Qin Chuan continued, "This Li Ge has been doing all sorts of evil deeds with Du Yifei. Can you guarantee that this is the first time he has done something like this?"

Moreover, as Du Yifei's follower, if someone really comes knocking on his door in the future, do you think he won't reveal everything that happened today?

Qin Chuan's voice wasn't loud, but to Jiang Zhixuan, it was like a heavy hammer blow, each word piercing her heart!

She only spared Li Ge's life because she felt sorry for him and thought he was no longer a threat.

I never imagined that letting the other party go would bring so many dangers.